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(This is about the Luke discourse) Let’s not forget Luke saying “strike me in anger and I’ll haunt you forever” or something (I don’t remember the exact lines). Yes, he was talking about Han but it also seemed like he was talking of something he himself had experienced. Luke acted in fear and anger when he considered harming Ben Solo and it has haunted him ever since… Luke went in exile not because Kylo Ren destroyed the Jedi Temple, but because he failed his nephew Ben.

daxcat79:

reylosource:

Yeah I think that’s the gist of the line from Luke. And that’s such a great tie in observation! Luke knows how those kind of actions stemming from anger can cause ripple effects and that’s how he knew Kylo’s actions with Han ‘split him to the bone’ – and why he wouldn’t allow Kylo a chance to take Luke’s death on as well.

The “see you around, kid” is what really did it for me. Luke is NOT DONE with this saga. We are gonna see him again, and he will live up to his promise to Kylo….

That’s an interesting thought, I kind of interpreted it as a ‘I’ll see you when you get your act together and earn a place as a force ghost’ kind of thing. And a tribute to Han.

did you notice how Rey changed her hair after the force vision? That until then she’d kept her hair like it was before, kind of like Kylo kept his mask on, she kept her hair. I thought that was p symbolic of her state of mind regarding both Reylo, starting to come to terms with her past and future, and I just love symbolism lol

She’s sexually awakening (SEE ALL THOSE METAS ABOUT IT? IT’S REAL), lol

It’s not just about that, but it’s all wrapped up in metaphors and symbolism and it’s beautiful. She’s letting the past die, moving on.

And loving kylo ;))

I think some people in the fandom have allowed the antis to get into their head a bit, they are only seeing the negative in this movie. Considering how long Kylo has been under Snoke’s influence, what did happen is pretty significant. He fell back on making terrible choices, because of course he did, but that doesn’t negate the positive or his bond with Rey. Plus, they aren’t going to give up on each other, that look at the end kinda proved that.

It’s possible, I mean it would be a good example of how years of abuse can really warp your sense of reality.

Sorry if this has been asked before but is Kylo aware that Leia is alive? I wasn’t clear if he was or not. He’s Force Bonded with Rey but they made it clear he can’t see her surroundings, so he wouldn’t see his mother near Rey…

It really wasn’t clear, but I feel like he would know if his mother died through the Force.

However if he DIDN’T know, if he assumed the other TIEs had done their job…then that explains…some more stuff.

Tbh, i think Poe and Rey finally meeting each other was such a nice touch.. Now that we lost Carrie they will be more likely the leaders of the rebellion(at least in my opinion) and it could develop into a great friendship.

YES! I totally agree that needed to happen, it’s funny they hadn’t met yet lol

They would be great friends I think, and I don’t blame anyone who ships Damerey – I just don’t agree that there is any evidence or chance of it being canon.

Hi! I saw the movie during a midnight special screen and I came put shipping the hell out of reylo and I’m not so sure what to do. I remember when I saw TFA, I thought “people will ship them” but nothing else, I didn’t feel it FOR ME at the time and when I saw tumblr’s bad reaction to it, it scared me to even give an opinion. Somehow, my blog ended being a little bit popular and every time I talked about shipping and whatnot, people came and questioned me if “I was a reylo” +

I It was super scary for me. I always said no because I truly wasn’t interested in them as a ship at the time. Slowly, I stopped talking about ships in general and then I concentrated in one in particular, and things went to hell. I have always been a Kylo/Ben fan and people was always judging me, even suggesting I should change my blog and URL, and making fun of my english (i’m not american), but I got to make a few friends. But now… As we got closer to TLJ, I became certain Rey and Kylo +

were going to become a thing, I was just sure. I realized I wasn’t against that and that I was truly fine with it, because everything I saw of TLJ was just SO. GOOD. and every time I entered my blog again, I saw on my dash more and more hate towards the movie, Rain Johnson and Lucasfilm in general. My friends that I’ve known for so long scare me so much, and I know them so well I know the second I make public in my blog that I now support this ship, they will tear me down like they had done +

every person that doesn’t agree with them. It scares me so much to lose my friends more than to lose my “place” as a popular SW blog, and I also fear rejecting on this fandom because my blog’s name has been linked to antis for a while, even when I was never an anti but I’m friends… or was friends, with some of them. I’m not sure if I should just leave tumblr or create another blog and start fresh, or what the hell to do. What advice do you give me?

Wow this is a packed ask, but so SO important – I can’t give you the right answer, but I’ll tell you how I might approach the situation..thank you for asking me.

I think my general response would be that any friend who would tear you apart for beginning to ship something is just…not a very good friend? I know that’s not a simple response, or easy to hear, but I feel like life is just far too short to surround ourselves with people who would do that? 

I have friends who don’t get shipping, but they don’t…tear me down or make me feel bad about it.

Fandom friends are tricky, and I think especially so when you’re fandom is involved in being ‘anti’ something – even though you weren’t, it was tied to you and your friends. The moment you dissent from the crowd is the moment the boat rocks and it’s hard to get through it.

I’m very sorry that liking something like this causes such fear in you, that really doesn’t sound like a healthy fandom experience to me. I really feel like if I were you, I would do some soul searching and ask:

Am I willing to lead a ‘double life’ with my friends by not saying anything, making another blog to hide my reylo enjoyment, and pretending no one knows? 

I’ll say this – I created this very blog account the moment I walked out of TFA. Why did I do that? Because I wanted a separate account to just completely devote to the fangirling I was about to do. I wanted to follow everyone and everything and dive into it. And why didn’t I do it on my personal blog? Many reasons, but mostly… I knew what I was getting into – people weren’t going to like Reylo, there was going to be issues. But I wanted to be one of those accounts that could act as a gathering place for Reylo fans, as Ohtze puts it I’m a ‘reylo aesthetic’ blog (so true). And I wanted to do that without worrying about the judgment from other fandom folllowers or even RL friends. I think that stuff is mostly moot though, because my friends all know by now that I’m full blast Reylo – and that’s fine with them. I just keep all my fangirling here because otherwise my personal accounts (Twitter/tumblr) would just basically be a reylo one lol THAT’S SO SPAMMY.

I think you could go that route, and eventually if your friends are REALLY your friends and good/decent people…they’ll still be there. And hey you could even make new reylo-flavored friends! =)

But I think from what you’re saying…your followers/popularity are from a bit of a bad/negative place somewhat? Like no one should have the audacity to tell you to change your url or whatever…that’s your blog?? You can do what you want with it.

And as to the reylo fandom rejection…I think if you’re going to convert your blog to something that’s friendly/open to Reylo, the only thing you should do is just participate positively in the fandom. I’m sure there will be some people in this fandom who might not like it or be really wary, but as long as you’re authentic and love the ship then you’ll find your place soon enough in the fandom.

Also, I know you’re not an anti, but I feel you might find this post useful. It was an interesting insight.

I would totally never say you should leave tumblr. At worst I would suggest a sideblog or separate account like I did, but again you’d be ‘living’ a double life so could you really still be good friends with them like that? Watching them tear down people you agree with? =

It’s up to you on your path, but I think…if you wanted to be direct about it, make a post explaining everything and lay it out there, then convert your blog to whatever youw ant it to be. Start posting stuff you want, etc.

But if you wanted to be indirect, then maybe a sideblog and just tell your friends and watch the chips fall where they may? It’s such a tricky situation, but I don’t think the friends are worth all the trouble – but I’m not YOU, I can’t make that call because I don’t have all the facts.

I’ll just say that, from one Reylo to another, you’d be welcome here on whatever blog you choose.